The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 7, 1945, Page 4

Dail y Alaska Em ptre Publithed every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - ¥ DOROTHY TROY LINGO WILLIAM R. CARTER ¢ b - ELMER A. FRIEND - ALFRED ZENGER - Presiden Vice-Presiden Editor and Manage Managing Edito Business Rntered In the Post Office in Juneau us Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RAT Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; | 00; one year, $15.00. 1, postage paid. at the following rates: six months, dvance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; ce. $1.50. confer a favor if they will promptly notify Office of any failure or irregularity in the de: their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS d lusively entitled to the use for es credited to it or not other- also the local news published }to supply the necessary drive and to work together for | | economic progress, it is essential to have an effective | ATIONAL REPR Avenue Bidg THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1945 would make it unnecessary for Congress to go through what now appears to be an annual process of deciding what next year's tax rate is to be. By setting the schedule, say, for a three or five year period, and t * | be much more satisfactory than at present.” clusions that will surprise laymen. One of these is their doubts on the wisdom of merit rating. Another is their conclusion that “compulsory old -age insur- lance is not comparable to private insurance; hence analogies based upon the latter, and advocating a |full reserve fund, lack pertinence.” All their recom- ° | mendations however, for an extension of the Social important qualification: “For the individuals of an unregimented state system of rewards and incentives to make it worth | their while, economically at least, to take risks and put forth efforts. A plan of Social Security, to be sound, should support, not undermine, such a system. | Reasonable controls must be maintained, so that pay- ! | ments according to presumptive need do not discourage | people from contributing to the community’s output of goods and services. “To maintain proper incentives to work, Social Security benefits should be determined by the level | |of subsistence. In a free country where people can | | work or not, as they like, the benefits of Social | | Security must be appreciably below what the individual | ordinarily regards as a satisfactory standard of living | for himself. If Social Security benefits ever become |accepted as a satisfactory standard of individual| S0CI \L INSURANCE Experts in the life insurance business, because of their special should have a peculiarly valuable contribution to make to the study of Social Security. A report published recently presents the recommendations of committees representing the American Life Convention, the Life Insurance Asso- | ciation and the National Association of Life Under- writers. The committees endorse the principle of Social Security and recommend its extension to mil- lions of workers now excluded, but advise against changes which would impair the will to work or the soundness of the national economy. mendations of the committees are: Extension, wherever feasible, of the coverage of | old-age and survivors insurance to all those gainfully | employed groups not now covered, including agricul- | tural and domestic workers, Government employees, railroad workers, employees of non-profit organiza- tions and the self-employed. The chief obstacle to! such extension in most cases is administrative dif- | ficulties; but the committees suggest ways in which some of these difficulites may be met. A review of the processes by which benefits and eligibilty are determined. It is suggested, for example, that present minimum benefits of $10 a month might well be raised to $20 a month (or $30 for an aged couple), subject to appropriate safeguards, with no increase, however, in the present top limit of $85 a month. A re-examination of the entire problem of fi- nancing old-age benefits. The committees oppose | proposals that Social Security taxes should be in- creased to combat inflation or to help finance the war. experience, Social SEeUrty-taxaton, they hold must be determined’ by the needs of Social Security only. They recommend that a committee of qualified persons be appointed by Congress to review the financial question fully: “A revised tax schedule should be developed which Some recom- | | security, through confusing their purpose with that | (of programs which involve individual responsibility and thrift the ‘will to work’ will be weakened or | destroyed.” 1 This qualification must be kept consistently in {mind in all proposals to improve Social Security if | we are to maintain the health of the whole economy, ‘upon which any Social Security system must depend. Green Light for Sedition? I | (Cincinnati Enquirer) “ The death of the Presiding Judge some weeks ago | ended the long-drawn-out trial of 25 alleged sedition- |ists whose indictments had marked the climax of a Department of Justice drive to rid the United States ¢ | by providing for periodic review, the situation would | &. r | The life insurance experts come to some con- Manager | Security system are made subject to one extremely e | The close of the war will awaken | through suffering. {sage for financial leaders clear fore-} HAPPY BIRTHDAY i MARCH 17, 1945 Mrs. Forrest N. Pitts ! Jack Schmidt, Jr. Jesse Payne Floyd Hildinger Faye Warde i Hazel Flynn ! Blanche Fowler A. M. Giddings el i HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” - ittt} THURSDAY, MARCH 8 An adverse sign dominates the early hours today but later Renefic aspects are strong. Disturbing news from a war front is indicated. Heart And Home in women an ambition for mental land spiritual development, it is foretold. Returning husbands and brothers will expect much of women, astrologers warn, because Service- men have learned a great deal Business Affairs | The month should be favorable for | the business world. The stars pre- sight and caution as they plan in- ternational_ banking relations. National Issues Pension problems will result in the | scientific study of old age. The! stars are read as indicating that wise provision will be made;for all who have passed life’s meridian. International Affairs The seers foretell extreme punish- ment for the Nazis wherever Russia has a change to dictate how the defeated foe shall be treated. Dif- ferences of opinion among the of dangerous borers-from-within. | At times it was like a grotesque circus with*most | of the defendants doing their utmost to obfuscate the | hssue and some making no effort to mask the vicious | |intent of their writings and talks. The proceedings! were tedious and vexatious in the extreme. This would |have been true in any event, but it was rendered more so by the antics of the various defendants. At | this distance, we were vividly impressed with the | | realization that the court was dealing with as vicious | a lot of pro-Nazis and pro-Fascists and anti-demo- | crats as ever confronted an American bar of justice. Unquestionably, the strain killed Judge Eicher, the‘ | trial Judge. | It is reported that a good deal of quiet pressure is being applied to have the Department of Justice drop the cases, and thus far no move has been made | | to resume trial of the defendants either r‘nllect)vely’ |or individually. In our estimation, the dropping of | this prosecution would be an irreparable blow to| democracy and the American scheme of justice. Most of the defendants, and many others like them, are | only waiting -an opportunity to stab in the back with their vengmous pens and verbal darts the things that 10,000,000 of our nién are fighting for. It is inconceiv- able that the Department of Justice will, through failure to resume the trials on the old indictments, give them the impression that they can stab with| 4 -« | impunity. |the augury of a year of fairly good |unjudicial bear hug . . . United Nations may be expected when it is time to mete justice and impose lasting frustration on ag- gressors. Persons whose birthdate it is have| fortune. It is well to be guarded m speech and in writing. Children born on this day probably will be intense in their emotions, keenly intelligent and generally. lucky. (Copynght 1945, Bell Sundlmt? Inc.)| him: “Harry‘ bang the gavel A Truman laughed, rapped on the desk, and said: “The .House will; come to order.” . . . Justice Black solemnly administered the oath to Wallace, then grabbed his handj and almost hollered, “You're in.” Then Black gave Wallace a big Wallace's happy-go-lucky assistant, Harold Young, sometimes described - as looking like “an unmade bed,” actu- ally had his hair combed for. the, .20 YEARS AGO MARCH 7, 1925 EMPIRE Word received from Washington was to the effect the Department !¢ of the Interior had dropped the position of Surveyor General of Alaska. This would affect seven persons employed in the Juneau office. To allow members to prepare bills, only 20-minute sessions were held this day by the House and Senate of the Territorial Legislature. Mrs. E. J. White was returning North on the Princess Mary after a visit in the Pacific Northwest. The film “The Eskimo,” made in Alaska by Norman Dawn, had arrived here and was to be shown at the Coliseum within the comiing week. Weather report: High, 36; low, 35; rain. o B e Daily Lessons in English %Y. 1. corpon e e ettt} WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Will you gentlemen help us?” Say, “Will you MEN help us,” when merely referring to sex. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Metallurgy. Pronounce met-al-ur-ji, E as in MET, A unstressed, U as in FUR, I as in IT, principal accent on first syllable, -secondary accent on third syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Abdominal. Observe the I. SYNONYMS: Injury, injustice, harm, hurt, damage, blemish. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: DELIBERATION; consideration of the reasons for and against a measure. “After hours of deliberation, he reached this decision.” MODERN ETIQUETTE | Q. What would be the proper dress for men and women to wear to a funeral? A. A man may wear any dark business suit. by ROBERTA LEE A woman should wear | some dark color, never gay colors nor sport clothes. Q. What is the proper hour for giving a breakfast? A. The breakfast may be given at any hour of the morning, prior to noon. Q. When is the proper time for one to tip the porter on a train? A. At the end of the journey. e o LOOK and LEARNA C GORDON 1. Is the home of the Red Sox baseball team in Cleveland, St. Louis, Chicago or Boston? 2. In journalism, what is a “by-line”? 3. In what State is Salem where America’s witches were burned? 4. Who was weakened by a haircut? 5. What is the color of sepia? ANSWERS: 1. Boston. 2, The line at the head of an article telling “By” whom it was written, 3. Massachusetts. 4. Samson. 5. Dark brown. Trollers Trollers |swearing in. “This is the first time Harold didn’t sleep in his suit since he came to Washington,” cracked! TRIPLETIE & KRUSE BUILDING CONTRACTORS EXPERT CABINET WORK OF ALL KINDS 20TH CENTURY MARKET BUILDING SHOP PHONE 96 After 5:00 P. M. PHONE 564 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 1;! 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Later that| morning, however, made Jesse's status very when, at a press conference, clear tary of Commerce and the ex- Loan Administrator.” FARM BLOC FUNCTIONS Sometimes, the Congressional Farm Bloc' feels its oats to such an extent that it demonstrates its power just for the fun of it. That was what happened when the House passed the Flannagan Reso- | lution—which does nothing more than say that Congress considers a law it passed two years earlier still should be observed. This law is the Tydings Amendment to the Selective Service Act which pro- vides for the deferment of farm workers. The House spent several hours trying to decide whether it should, pass the new resolution, the President| he referred to him as the “ex-Secre-| even | |called upon to define what he meant by an ‘“agricultural occupa- tion.” Republican Congressman |Clason of Springfield, Mass., was| 'afraid the words might be inter- |preted as referring only to meni |growing or handling crops. Flan-| |nagan assured him it included also| (poultry farmers and livestock ‘iarmers P | ARE SHELLFISH | FARMERS EXEMPT? GOP'S Carl Hinshaw of Cali-| fornia then proposed that pro- |cessing, transportation, distribution |and final sale to the public of farm | lerops be included. Clason came back to ask if dairying was in- cluded, after which Charles Gifford |of the fishing town of Cotuit, Mass., |came through with the prize ques- | tion. “How " about shellfish farmers?” he asked. | Nobody was ready to answer that ‘one, so Gifford continued. “Some- 1times you refer to those fellows as \fishermen. Of course, I have to |offer an amendment to include .rishermen unless I get an admis- lsmn that they are included in th; at | \category as being essential to thc iwar effort. “When they scrape the bottom, | ‘Hmers No. 2 Man, Heinrich Himm- \ler, their way out, but with no great success. A few have escaped after paying heavy bribes, but not many. Now, however, it is relatively easy to get Jews out of German mtem-‘ ment camps. The cost is about $20 {a head. It is done via Switzerland, | and already 1,200 have been taken | out at a cost of about $15, which goes into Nazi hands, plus $5 paid to intermediaries. The most significant part is that apparently has given his ap- proval to these deals. The surmise is that the Nazis need money badly. HENRY WALLACE SWEARS | As Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was about to swear Wallace | in, the new Secretary of Commerce | thought there was too much noise in the crowded room. Spotting his Vice Presidential successor, Harry Truman, Wallace called over to . 1 good-natured | Guffey Miller, ieveryone high up in the Adminis: tration was: present to see: Wallace |take ‘the oath. Remarked one friend, “It's amazing how the bandwagon fills up again when you'e a win- ner.” Alabama’s Senator spotted fellow-Senator Joe sister, Mrs. went over, “How’s Lister Hill Guffey's Emma pumped her hand and said, the Old Gray Mare?” (Copyright 1945, Bell Syndicate Inc.) ———————— GET RIGHT for the spring and Summer Season.The Mineral Baths at Warm Springs Bay will put you in Tip-Top Shape. Clean, Furnished cabins. Groceries, Liquors and To- baccos. O'NEILL & FENTON, Baranof, Alaska. e et Subscrive o the Dally Alaske Empire—the paper with the largest paid circulation. B Crossword Puzze ACROSS . Urchin . Bend out of shape Dillseed . Giggles 43. Swamp 7. Water excur- sion . Bird of the hawk family . Strikes violently 3. Table dish [AlL[AISIJIO[B] MARCH 7 - WEDNESDAY—T:30 P. M. UNITED TROLLERS of ALASKA LOCAL NO. 56 P. B. DUNCAN as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING. 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El Paso’s Thomason declared his support for the Tydings Amend- ment, but said he saw no reason to pass further legislation on the subject. San Diego's Izac, a wound- ed and decorated Lieutenant Com- mander in the last war, came out against the Tydings Amendment “If the Army needs these men to win the battles that have yet to be won to win the war” Izac said, “we should give the Army and the Navy those younger men. “If we turn this resolution down, maybe the Senate will have back- bone enough to throw out all legis- lation that interferes with the winning of the war,” Izac con- tinued. “The 340,000 boys on the farm are no more precious to their fathers and mothers than are the other boys who have been taken away and are now serving in the Army and the Navy.” After several hours of debate, however, the House passed the resolution by a voice vote; but not before the author of the resolution, top of the land, they try to Imake themselves fishermen because of that. They rake the bottoms for the flounders. We have shell- fish farms, and I want that clari- fied.” | Gifford never did get an answer | {as to whether shellfish farms were |included in the new Tydings Reso- lution. He continued to argue, how- ever: “A farmer tills the land and he is an agriculturist,” Gifford con- tended, “but because there is water over the land which the fisherman cultivates, he is not classified as an agriculturist. I claim he ought to| be. He is often working on the| . American lake . Masculine name . Above . Reglon 3 Frasment len at a mea . Sailors 64. Formerly 65. American humorist DOWN 1. Lifting device the | land, even if it be a little under water. The fish that swim are like the poultry and the pigeons that fly over the farmer’s land . . .” Finally, just before the resolution was passed, one more attempt was made to extend the definition of agriculturist when an amendment | was introduced by Robertson of Lexington, Virginia, to include coal miners among deferred farmers, | However, he was ruled out of order. | P JEWS BUY FREEDOM Uncensored diplomatic dispatches from neutral countries tell of one significant move by the Nazis in- dicating that the jig is about up. For a long time, persecuted Jews %fi M7/ el B R /. ol ilflll ud7/)))/ <R i H/% i.l= Solution Of Yesterday’s Puzzle 2. Order compris- 3. ing frogs and toads -Discusslons 4. Insect . Wing . Rascal Folks . Worker In the fine arts . Whinnied . Every . Waste allow- ance Part Run: dlllecflo Memhrerou- 5 cng in New ork state . Perceives . Particle . Composition for one . Toper . Remainder . Afternoon affair . English county | Visionary . Jubilance . Changes . Occupled & . 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